Ryazan submarine of the Project 667BDR/Delta III class has been transferred to the covered dry dock at the Zvezda plant. According to a representative of the plant, the submarine is undergoing repairs and is will return to service at some unspecified date. [UPDATE 05/27/15: The submarine is expected to return to service by the end of 2015; UPDATE 12/08/2016: It was launched in March 2016 and expected to return to service by the end of 2016]

The submarine, which was transferred to the Pacific from the Northern Fleet in 2008, was moved to the Zvezda plant in 2012. Previous overhaul was completed in 2007.

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One of the three remaining Project 667BDR submarines, Ryazan, has returned to its base in Vilyuchinsk after an overhaul at the Zvezda plant in Vladivostok. The submarine was transferred to the Pacific from the Northern Fleet in 2008. It began...